The poll question is kind of vague. I never use KUID when setting up recordings, season passes or wish lists, but I do manually change recording to KUID from time to time after they've been recorded. Usually to remind me I want to save them to my PC.

I used to use it allot for the TV shows/series I was saving to watch latter (like in the summer). Now I just auto off load them to my computers instead as I decided not to upgrade the drive in my Roamio. Now I only use it for a few pod cast I want to keep around for awhile. The reality is I have way to many shows saved across all my TiVos & computer and will never end up watching many (most?) of them - I think at this point with what is on my computers and 4 TiVos it is at least 8 TBs of unwatched shows.

The issue in the other thread was the complaint that the new default recording options didn't include KUID. For that option to make any sense it would require someone to setup more than 50% of their season passes or manual recordings as KUID.

The issue is not if you use it, the issue is if you use it the majority of the time.

it depends on the recording - if i'm recording a movie from hbo or sho, i always use kuid, because i might watch it again. same with any weekly serial show, i want it to stay until it's watched. if it's a daily news or a game show, no way.

bottom line, if tivo didn't behave wierdly (with a filling hard disk when using kuid on a majority of sp's), i'd probably use kuid a lot more.

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The post in the update thread implied KUID is the default setting used by everyone - i.e. All or most season passes. An option not given in this poll. Though I don't need a poll to know that plain just cannot be the case.

Yeah, this is why I think the use of KUID will be in the minority among users here.

Since upgrading the hard drive for more space is so easy, I suspect more people are doing that so they can avoid using KUID.

I take it you don't have teenagers in the house.... my 2 week old Roamio Pro is at 92% and my 2TB S3 was always maxed out..... hence all "my" recordings (SP & WL) were set to KUID, a must for the King of the house (ok, the serf, but i like to humor myself)

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I use KUID for almost everything. Exceptions would be GMA, old repeats of Criminal Minds and NCIS. I always have the last two because I fall asleep and STAY asleep better to something I already know inside and out but they creep up into the 100's before you know it!

Whenever the option is offered I select Keep Until I Delete. As is the case with most others, I don't have a space issue.

See, this is what I don't understand. If you don't have any space issues, why set that? The only reason to set it is if you're short on space and are worried about it getting deleted to make room for new recordings.

I take a different approach to this topic by setting the SP of all of my favorite shows to KUID then each Sunday I adjust the keep-until date of the current episode I'm watching to Thursday next week so the green dot changes to no dot and prevents it from turning yellow until next Monday.

This way, by starting at the bottom of the My Shows list sorted chronologically with Groups off, I can see at a glance which episodes I've already begun watching (no dot), those that are ready to watch (green dot), and those that are low-priority KUSN shows (yellow dot). By the time I get around to watching newly recorded low-priority shows that appear at the top of the list with no dot, they have already changed to a yellow dot.

This method has worked for me since my first Series2 TiVo in 2004. Yes, TiVo is a religious experience for me.

See, this is what I don't understand. If you don't have any space issues, why set that? The only reason to set it is if you're short on space and are worried about it getting deleted to make room for new recordings.

Okay, tell you what. You do as you wish and I'll do as I wish. Work for you?

That's fine, but not really the point of this discourse. I'm just trying to understand why someone would do that. Your answer basically says, "Because I want to." That's OK, I guess. But I'm looking for a logical reason. MHunter1 provided one that works for him. It's way more work than I want to put into managing my stuff, but at least it's logical.

I tend to hoard some shows for bulk watching. So I might have 20 episodes of something I want to watch. If I don't use KUID, I might lose some of the early episodes.

I off load those shows to my TiVo Desktop PC. I've been doing that with NCIS this season . I have yet to watch an episode this season. If I continue watching the show I won't end up watching it until sometime this Summer.

I downloaded a couple of Home Movies of my kids to my TiVo and I set those to KUID just so they wouldn't roll off the bottom and get deleted eventually. I want those to stay on the bottom of my NPL so I can use them to embarrass my kids whenever the opportunity arises. They were SOOOO cute when they were little!

Otherwise, I never use it for my recordings because if something hangs around long enough to get deleted on MY TiVo (upgraded HDD) it means I was never going to watch it anyway and why waste the space?

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I off load those shows to my TiVo Desktop PC. I've been doing that with NCIS this season . I have yet to watch an episode this season. If I continue watching the show I won't end up watching it until sometime this Summer.

I do that too. It depends on the site and when I think I'll get around to watching it. Sometimes it's just easier to mark the show KUID

I reiterate, TiVo should give it's consumers and DVR owners the "choice" to enable or disable as many functionalities as possible and not impose on us what is logical, right (in their mind) or what marketing says, especially if the various functions are already there and do not interfere with the DVR's basic operations.

Let the end user decide what to do and tailor the TiVo to their likes and dislikes.

I for one really like KUID and really dislike the Discovery Bar, and don't give a rats @ss what others think and certainly don't have to justify my tastes (illogical or unpopular).... it is "MY" Tivo DVR and not yours!

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